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times square as we count down the year with our panel, clor is leachier, l soo granderson, duff goldman, anderson cooper and a special guest appearance by turtleman. it's time for "all the best, all the worst 2011." >> welcome. each year has its hallmark, personalities, event, moments that define our times, things that we will remember for years after all the other details have fallen away. this year was packed full of such milestones and perhaps more than ever before many had global implications. over the next hour we will sort through, remember and reconsider this year of very big news.

the word crazy keeps coming to mind. a crazy year. >> i think it was one of those roller coaster years. >> talk about unexpected, right? >> this year's been all over the place. >> the final liftoff of "atlantis." >> this year was weird, wasn't it? >> i think it's been a tough year for the country. >> i agree. >> the iraq war is coming to an end. >> let's start with the biggest best story of 2011. the wholesale return of american troops from iraq after more than eight years of combat, more than 4,000 lives lost, tens of thousands wounded, whether you supported the war or not, this end was a long time coming. and even with afghanistan still in play, it was welcome relief for many military families.

but some of the happy reunions may have been stifled by the biggest, baddest story confronting everyone once again. >> what was the number one concern that everybody had? jobs. everybody knew someone who lost their job. >> we've been hovering between 9.2 and 9.1 for years. that's defined 2011. >> late-year dip into the 8 range helped a bit but despite a lot of plans, unemployment lines we remand long and frustration continued. >> it's horrible not to be able to pay for yourself, have a job, work what you're good at. >> it feels like a lot of people that the game is rigged or they can't get ahead. there are some very severe imbalances in this country.

>> if misery loves company, more americans seem to be warm together notion that the whole world is in this economic mess together. >> we need each other. we need each other to buy each other's products and make it all work. >> biggest blowup goes to the middle east where the arab spring movement ignited passions across the region. >> i don't think the middle east went crazy. we're just starting to pay attention. >> i think what we're seeing happen in the middle east is extraordinary. >> it's quite thrilling. and where's it all going to end? >> judgment day this saturday, the end of the world is almost here. >> come with me if you want to live. >> well, after the world did not end, this year saw big names one after another either toppled or put under heavy pressure.

mubarak, gadhafi, assad, and in a surprising late development, north korean leader kim jong-il died in december. >> not a good year to be a dictator. >> but in their place arose a lot of uncertainty. >> it will be a long time before we'll be able to say if this is better or worse. >> and i am really interested to see three years from now what's it going to look like. >> usa! >> best surprise in that volatile part of the world, the sudden announcement that osama bin laden had been killed in a daring raid by navy seals in pakistan on orders from president obama. >> i think people were kind of stunned and i give him credit for giving the order. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> bin laden's body was buried

at sea. >> i think there's tremendous value in him as a symbol, that someone the united states staked its reputation on finding him and bringing him to justice. >> the biggest reaction i saw was at wrestlemania. >> we have caught and compromised to a permanent end osama bin laden. >> everyone went nuts. >> worst surprise anywhere, the terrible earthquake that pounded japan and the devastating tsunami that followed. >> you couldn't even tell where the ground was. things were just piled up because the water had been carried and everything was bunched up in strange areas. >> as if that were not bad enough, the nuclear plant crisis that emerged in the disaster's wake kept the world holding its breath, fearing a complete meltdown.

>> it was absolutely horrific, you know, what happened to the people of japan. what was encouraging was seeing how the world responded to it. >> one of the things that i'm really impressed with is i'm still hearing people talk about the japanese earthquake, i'm still seeing people doing fund-raisers for the japanese earthquake. >> and it is unbelievably inspiring. i think it's a huge testament to what people can do when they work together. >> this was a violent tornado. >> the resilience of people was tested a lot closer to home, too. worst weather. >> oh, man! look at the tree. >> the huge tornadoes that hit mississippi and alabama. >> those were monster storms. it was amazing to see that happen in the united states. but it was also amazing to see how those communities pulled together. >> speaking of pulling together, time got it right. worldwide this was the year of the protester.

whether you like it or not, in the u.s. the movement of the year has to go to the occupy crowd. sure, the name is not the best and we're still not certain what they want but give them credit for sticking it out through thick and thin by filling up parks, street corners, you name it. >> a lot of occupy icky parks you wouldn't normally occupy. great use of space. no one was hanging out there and now it's like a party and i'm thinking this is is a great opportunity for businesses to spring up but that would kind of be very anti-occupy. >> i think that it's really important for people to take very extreme measures to get people to wake up. >> we are the 99%! >> it's not everyone's cup of tea. >> i think it's a self-indulgent situational hobo train quite frankly. >> but it has proven to have

some staying power. >> i think it's really funny that people are demanding leadership for something that is organic. >> we are all leaders! >> you know, it seems to me like the very definition of organic means there is no set plan. it's just kind of just happening. >> that way! >> coming up, we will look at some sensational trials, the sports world's biggest triumphs and tragedies and the wedding of the year. >> happy news. i love happy news. >> fasten your seat belts. "all the best, all the worst 2011" is just getting started.

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this was undeniably a difficult year for many people. and yet as always we also found things to celebrate. some here in our own country and some in galaxies far, far away. >> all three engines up and burning. two, one, zero and liftoff! the final liftoff of "atlantis" on the shoulders of the space

shuttle. >> this sendoff, the long farewell to the space shuttle, 135 missions, 30 years of service, endless inspiration for young americans. >> i think there was this real sense of a lot of people want tock there for that final launch to witness this part of history. >> i have a lot of faith that the private sector is going to somehow make up the loss that we have. >> best reason to think he might be right. that swiss guy called jet man. >> best party back here on earth. give it to the brits and the royal wedding. kate middleton and principles william. >> it was wonderful, darling. >> best and worst maid of honor, kate's sister pippia, for stealing the attention. >> who walks downtown aisle and they had that shot of her from

behind and you're like oh, my god, look that the wagon she's dragging and look at that caboose. >> she got a lot of attention in that dress and rightfully so. >> now all these people are getting butt implants to to look like -- not kate but somebody else. >> the queen? >> no. maybe, if you're into that kind of thing. i don't know. >> worst head wear that looked more like a science project. princess beatrice's chapeau. >> i could care less about who's getting married unless it's me. >> i think people in the end really wanted to tune in and watch it because there is something from another time about it. you can't help but put a smile on your face. >> back in the states smiles were in short supply as several high-profile trials dominated

the news. dr. conrad murray was attending to michael jackson when he died. now the doctor is locked up, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. >> we the jury in the above-entitled action find the defendant conrad robert murray guilty. >> best american student free from an italian prison after being jailed for four years, amanda knox. >> people cared about what happened to amanda knox. there aren't that many stories where you see people from all over the world so curious. >> still the trial of the year goes to casey anthony. >> that woman made me angry. whole case made me angry. >> after endless testimony about the disappearance of her little girl and soap opera testimony, the verdict was clearly not what many expected. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one we the jury find the

defendant not guilty. verdict as to two, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> i think that everybody knows she's guilty. i think be everybody thinks they know she's guilty but to the letter of the law, was there a shadow of a doubt? yeah. >> so many people wanted justice for that little girl. obviously a lot of people were surprised by the result. >> but dilearn to say new words like tot mom from nancy grace. >> and what some are calling the worst sports scandal ever, the penn state debacle. former assistants coach jerry sandusky came out fast denying al gragss he's a sexual pred to -- pred a tore that harassed young

boys. still despite labor disputes that threaten both the football and basketball srns others found plenty to love. >> i love sports. >> i love sports. >> i love sports. >> rhythmic gymnastics where they have that stick with the string and they jump around to beautiful music. >> the best of the best in categories other than rhythmic gymnastics, the dallas mavericks won the nba championship, the boston bruins hoisted the stanley cup. >> seeing as how i grew up on cape cod and i'm a giant bruins fan, i was very happy with the bruins winning the stanley cup. i can die happy. >> the st. louis cardinals waged an epic battle to win the world series. >> the playoffs were amazing. >> the sixth game of the world

series of the best baseball game i've ever seen, albeit it took five years off my life. >> the green bay packers took the championship to the delight of the cheese head nation. >> do i look like a packers fan? i think so. >> and we'll give the best of the best in big league sports to the packers' quarterback aaron rodgers, who has looked largely untouchable ever since taking the title. >> i think brett favre is a very mad man. he's very, very entertaining, very, very angry. his successor right now to me is playing at a level he never reached at any point of his 20-year career. aaron rodgers right now is defining what it means to be a quarterback in this new century. >> worst no show, peyton manning who following neck surgery was pulled from the colts lineup even before the season started. >> best cheerleader in any sport despite impressive challengers,

oddly enough that's cloris. ♪ we're blue to the end, lots of fight for the blue and the white ♪ roosevelt, we're for you, roosevelt, whoo ♪ >> best proof that canadians think everybody sports can beat hockey. the fight at a canadian bowl football league luncheon. best reason every sport should not be hockey, the way canucks fans rioted when their team lost the championship. best way to lose if you have to lose. the american women falling in the world cup final. come on, japan needed the lift. >> worst sucker punch, employed may weather's hit on ortiz as they stepped away. >> you know nothing about boxing you saint [ bleep ], you're not [ bleep ].

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♪ when i see your face ♪ and i forget you ♪ switch up ♪ friday, friday, getting down on friday ♪ everybody's looking forward to the weekend ♪ >> the world of music gave us plenty of hits but no other miss like rebecca black. her teen teeth grinder "friday" gets best and worst music video of the year with millions of views online, she, she's so excited, all the way to the bank. ♪ never mind i'll find someone like you ♪ >> worst pain in the neck, adele. great new music, great new tour,

until throat problems made her cancel the rest of her concerts for a trip to the hospital. ♪ i've got the moves like jagger, i've got the moves ♪ >> best salute to the owed, maroon 5's "moves like jagger." >> maroon 5 changed my life. it was probably one of the highlights in pop culture of 2011. the rooster and then the clap and then the crazy pointing. you've seen it. ♪ i've got the moves like jagger, i've got the moves like jagger ♪ >> best salute to the new, beyonce, who capped her performance at the mtv awards by confirming rumors but b her next big hit. ♪ baby i was born this way >> best and worst laying of an egg in 2011. lady ga-ga.

she's still selling music, sure, but it's hard to top that meat dress. >> gaga just burned through it all and there's nothing left. what else do you have? >> i am gay. you probably didn't recognize that. so lady gaga will always be special to me. she'll always be a cher. she'll always be a madonna. >> a lot of acts proved they had staying power. taylor swift. ♪ ♪ >> lil wayne. ♪ >> caty perry. >> do you want to meet her? >> yes! >> come on out! >> best fan moment, that little girl meeting nicky menage on "ellen." >> best return from the dead."

britney spears. best video about being dead. dr. dray with eminem, "i need a doctor." best groove, foster the people "pump up kicks." >> i like "foster the people," that was a really good song. ♪ >> i never listen to music. i only play classical piano. >> there's a song called "knee deep in the water somewhere "by the zach brown band. ♪ >> it's great because it's sort of about going on a permanent vacation and imagining the on thing you have to worry did b is when the tide is going to hit your chair. so i loved that song.

>> best band you're not listening to. new orleans you a mute math. >> i think it's one of those bands if you just paid attention to it, you would see they're doing some really amazing stuff. >> the movies gave us some amazing moments this year, including quite a few sequels. the pirates were back, the apes were rising once more but once again, few came close to the boy wizard. >> harry potter. >> the final harry potter film exploded into theaters. >> harry, harry! >> conjuring up more than $380 million in ticket sales according to box office mojo. >> that was kind of sweet. it was a nice movie. >> putting an exclamation point on one of the most successful

literary and cinematic series of all time. >> you know, it's always nice to see a big movie where you want to eat a lot of popcorn and drink soda and just kind of lose yourself in it and that was definitely one of those films. >> i have no idea what's going on from the begin together end. it's mr. who'sy. wits-it and they're trieding on their did yourduturducken and i guide book. >> great movies this year. trying to think what my choices are. >> my three favorite movies are going to tell you a lot about me. number three "panda 2."

number two, "winnie the pooh," and number one "puss and boots." worst movie of the year for me, "hangover 2." >> cheers. >> it was the same movie! >> you're going to freak out but it's going to be okay. >> how do -- okay, how are you going to make the same movie twice? >> check your pockets. there might be clues. >> come on! >> you're going to freak out but it's going to be okay. >> come up with a new plot. it was still at a wed ing. >> i want to interview about what it's like to work as a maid. >> "the help" turned heads. "bridesmaids" turned stomach d

and -- >> i was downsized. i'm here to make sure that never happens given. >> you reed to go to work? >> worst title for a good movie "larry crown." >> best r. movie about a g man. >> i just saw "j. edgar, which i just loved. that was a little known man -- i didn't say little old man, it was a little-known man, which is a little different. >> best movie about the worst subject. >> i think "50/50" is oscar worthy honestly in terms of script writing because it dealt with cancer in such a real way. >> if your boy wins, you get a job in the white house. >> and best movie not enough people saw but could get an

oscar just the same, the ides of march. >> it was a hard look at our political culture but it was done in a way where could you connect with each of the people so i thought it was really well done. >> stay right where you are p. you don't need to go anywhere because we're coming right back. >> as for the reason kim left her husband after such a short time, we'll be keeping up with the kardashians. >> look, it runs all over the place. whoa, watch out, says that bird. >> chasing an elusive krit person. >> oh, honey badger. have you seen the honey badger? >> chatting with the kids. >> dah, dah, dah. >> and dancing with nancy. >> on the european version that would be perfectly fine. >> i have seen the twins and i've seen where they came from. >> when "all the best, all the worst 2011" continues.

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if you started 2011 thinking that the political climate could simply not be any worse, that congress could not be more divided, that our opinion of politicians could not sink any lower, you were sadly disappointed. >> okay, okay, guys. >> the politics of provocation

reigned supreme this year, laying waste to left, right and center while unemployment stayed high, the budget tiered and part i san grid locked roared on. >> the truth is that most of the people in washington have no idea how to turn this thing around. and that just isn't a really good campaign slogan. >> i think nobody knows what to believe in right now. nobody knows where to look, nobody knows who their leaders are, who they want to believe, who they want to trust. >> president obama trying to keep his job for another term struggled with awful approval ratings. not president carter bad but not as good as president bush who the voters sent packing after the first presidency. >> the ratings were abysmal. >> it was a bad year overall.

they had some very, very good moments springled throughout. i think the white house's inability to control the narrative made it a very bad year for him. >> he's turning gray. does that tell you anything? >> members of congress, distinguished guests -- >> best strategy in a bad spot, keep hammering on issue number one. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> of course the republican contenders were doing the same. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> jobs. >> and they, too, seemed incapable of getting any tra traction for their ideas. >> 9-9-9. >> if i'm a republican and i'm looking to my party to take leadership and i say this is what you've done in three years? boy, whoo, would i be a sad, sad -- what is it, an elephant? >> i still think that any one of those candidates is better than

our current president but i'm tired of measuring candidates against what they perceive to the the worst common denominator. >> worst evidence of political analysis, the long months of struggling with the deficit, topped off with the collapse of the so-called super committee. >> people in those jobs have had to learn how to survive and one of the ways you survive is to, um, the word capitulate came to me. i didn't mean that. >> i do think you have this fundamental disagreement over the role of government, over the role of private businesses and about the burden that different segments of the society should shoulder. >> it was enough to keep them from doing even the things they all seem to want. >> and there's one thing that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree on that's right and that is we need a dramatically simplified tax code. >> still the crowd was able to

make them style smile at least a time or two. >> worst pollster. you could give it to herman cain, who ended up paying a political price for his alleged extra toppings. >> but a democratic takes the title. >> the first name that popped into my head, weeny. anthony weiner. >> and any weiner, lewd actions, lewd television, just lewd overall. >> the congressman got grilled for tweeting pictures of himself with pepperoni. >> there's certain thing us that can't unsee. that was one of the things i couldn't unsee. >> in the process he spawned a whole new word. >> weiner gate.

which i don't even like the sound of weiner and gate together. it sounds like a terrible accident. >> best warning for would-be politicos? >> that ought to be in the government handbook, okay? welcome, here's your office, here's your number two pencil, here's your id, don't tweet pictures of your penis. are we good? okay, go get 'em. >> best peanuts character debate. >> are you working? >> are you going to keep talk? >> what did i say? >> 9-9-9. >> worst memory. texas governor rick perry. >> three agency of government that are gone, commerce, education -- the third agency of government, i would do away with commerce -- and the -- let's see. oops.

>> and best comeback, no matter which party you like, arizona congress member gabrielle giffords, shot in the head she survives and so much more. >> and i think a great miracle of this year is that by the end of the year, gabrielle giffords was able to do a television interview. what an incredible recovery and comeback that was. >> when we come back, the very best of television, the internet, goofy gadgets and much more. >> including the worst way to cuddle up. >> i am a bad man, i have done bad things. >> and turtleman comes out of his shell. >> i have no knowledge of the outside world. i just want you to know that's where i stand at right there, right there. >> it's "all the best, all the worst 2011." t until the university of phoenix

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on the chinese calendar, 2011 was the year of the rabbit but all over america it seemed more like the year of the kim -- kardashian that is. >> best case of celebrity with no discernible talent, the kimster snagged the spotlight no matter where she went or what

she did. >> yes, she was everywhere and on every magazine cover. certainly this summer and fall you couldn't miss her. >> case in point, her rapid fire engagement, wedding on e! network and divorce all in a matter of months zip didn't watch the wedding because i had an inkling suspicion at that maybe it wasn't right. >> record profits didn't help. >> how do you make a profit on a wedding? i'm in the wedding business. i know, you don't make money on your wedding. i make money on your wed, not u u. >> plenty other names made good headlines by being allegedly bad. among them, charlie sheen, dominic strauss cannes and lindsay lohan. >> she's the craftiest capitalist i've ever seen if my

life. whether you like it or not, that's pretty crafty. >> a lot of crafty shows hit tv in 2011. "pan am," "tara know a." >> i'm sorry we were unable to find you sooner. >> "homeland." and "new girl" just to name a few. but an old favorite is our pick for just pure fun, this season's installment of "dancing with the stars." >> it's a huge year. a show that gets about 20 million viewers. when you spend seven weeks with nancy grace in a dance studio, you learn a lot. some things you wish had you never learned quite honestly. i have seen the twins and i have seen where they came from. >> j.r. martinez and his partner karina smirnoff. >> wounded in iraq, he showed everyone what it meant to come back and compete like a

champion. >> well, he just commits. he does it no matter what. he's going to -- he does it. >> best new show that you're not watching but you ought to "boss." if frazier were tony soprano and became mayor of chicago, it would be something like this. >> don't get ahead of yourself. i would strongly advise against it! >> other favorites? >> i always make time for "true blood." >> i surf around on discovery and national geographic, thing like that. >> you know what i love on tv right now? rob's owe ridiculousness." pure tv. >> and a nation wide outcry from its devoted young fans. >> worst continuing trend. reality tv. >> i've sort of taken a reality

tv break for my own mental health. i'm tired of people yelling at each other. seems like the same thing over and over again. >> i'm obsessed with "toddlers and tiaras." i love large, southern women bouncing their kids around saying "put on your slipper "smile, smile, trudy ann smile." >> that's the creepiest thing i've ever seen in my life. >> we have to pick a best up-and-coming reality star. it's not snooky, not a real housewife. it's ernie hall junior, better known as turtle man. >> i've been hit by turtles 39 times. that's an ouch. >> he's a sensation for catching turtles in the med. >> i've got a lot of scars, they're my battle scars. i don't mind showing them off.

there's two or three of them i can't show because they hit a little close area there that i like to call little e so i stair stai away from that area. that's whoo, whoo! you all right, little e? >> there's talk of a movie. >> they want to make one like dundee, crocodile dundee movie. >> there are any number of cat clips. >> i didn't see any clips that really kind of blew me away other than the ticklish penguin. >> but the best internet animal by far, give up some sweet applause for the honey badger. >> this is the honey badger. watch it run in slow motion. it's pretty bad [ bleep ]. look, it runs all over the place. whoa, watch out says that bird. ooh, it's got a snake.

it's chasing a jackal? oh mierks gosh. the honey badgers are just crazy. >> he's eating the head of that snake. oh, gross! >> honey badger don't care. >> honey badger don't care. >> a surfer taking a 90-foot wave off portugal and michael winslow as all-mouth version of a led zeplin hit on a norwegian talk show was not to be missed. ♪ ♪ >> but our best is is a double winner, the babbling twins.

>> dal, dah, dah, dah. >> babies and animals on the internet, you really can't go wrong. >> best way to make our own anderson cooper laugh, gerard depardieu's bad behavior on a flight from paris to london. >> the actor relieved himself in the airplane aisle after being told he had to wait to use the facilities until after take-off. >> sorry, this has actually never happened to me. you always see this sort of thing on youtube and you don't think it actually -- all right. >> and worst tweet on take-off, give it to alec baldwin who got into a problem with flight

attendants over his cell phone. we're not sure exactly what happened but somebody's tray table was not in the fully upright and locked position. best case of making lemons into lemonade, also alec baldwin. actor made a late night appearance on snl to apologize to himself. >> it was very important for me to come here tonight and on behalf at everyone at american airlines issue an apology to mr. alec baldwin. >> best game for a smart phone. sure it started a couple of years back but angry bird really took flight this year. >> yeah, do i play angry birds when i get angry. >> famous products? >> the ipad 2 made its debut. >> the best item is is a hot water bottle. >> my beloved. >> and worst product ever for a nation struggling for economic hard times, low spirit and frustration, the forever lazy. >> what's wrong with america?

forever lazy? maybe that name's a clue. >> i think it's the end of the world. call me nostrodanus. >> we have our wishes for the new coming up on "all the best, all the worst 2011." the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it. this year millions of people did. we set all kinds of records. next year we're out to do even better. so come on down to louisiana... florida... alabama... mississippi. we can't wait to see you. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home.

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but we still have a few moments to ask our panel what we ask each year at this time, amid all of our turmoil and triumphs, wins and losses, what do you wish for america in the next 12 months? >> my wish for america is simple. world peace and the abolishment of plated khakis. >> i'm so hot zip would like to see the death of reality television. >> she's psycho. >> i would like to see us stop looking into the train wrecks of other people's lives and get back to the benevolent and helping each other. >> i have one wish for america, a serious wish for next year, it would be congress take serious action with america's debt. >> for a representative government that followed the constitution to a t. >> my wish for america in 2012 is we keep moving forward. >> let believe in ourselves, you know what i mean? >> i wish you could be as happy as i am. >> and that's